03496cam a2200529 i 4500 112802 112802 17056430 BJBSDDR 20241029132441.0 111123s2008 vau b 000 0 eng 2011499736 9781598034073 (set) 1598034073 (set) DLC eng DLC rda pcc LB 14.6 W994h 2008 370 Wysession, Michael E., 6107 1961- The Great Courses 6091 How the earth works / Michael E. Wysession. Chantilly, Virginia : The Teaching Company, [2008]. 2 volumes ; 19 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier The Great Courses 6091 The great courses Course No. 1750 "Lecture transcript and course guidebook"--Front cover. Includes bibliographies. [v.1] : Lectures 1-24. Geology's impact on history -- Geologic history--dating the earth -- Earth's structure--Journey to Earth's center -- Earth's heat--conduction and convection -- The basics of plate tectonics -- Making matter--the Big Bang and big bangs -- Creating Earth--recipe for a planet -- The rock cycle--matter in motion -- Minerals--the building blocks of rocks -- Magma--the building mush of rocks -- Crystallization--the rock cycle starts -- Volcanoes--lava and ash -- Folding--bending blocks, flowing rocks -- Earthquakes--examining Earth's faults -- Plate tectonics--why continents move -- The ocean seafloor--unseen lands -- Rifts and ridges--the creation of plates -- Transform faults--tears of a crust -- Subduction zones--recycling oceans -- Continents collide and mountains are made -- Intraplate volcanoes--finding the hot spots -- Destruction from volcanoes and earthquakes -- Predicting natural disasters -- Anatomy of a volcano--Mount St. Helens. [v.2] : Lectures 25-48. Anatomy of an earthquake--Sumatra -- History of plate motions--where and why -- Assembling North America -- The sun-driven hydrologic cycle -- Water on Earth--the blue planet -- Earth's atmosphere--air and weather -- Erosion--weathering and land removal -- Jungles and deserts--feast or famine -- Mass wasting--rocks fall downhill -- Streams--shaping the land -- Groundwater--the invisible reservoir -- Shorelines--factories of sedimentary rocks.-- Glaciers--the power of ice -- Planetary wobbles and the last ice age -- Long-term climate change -- Short-term climate change -- Climate change and human history -- Plate tectonics and natural resources -- Nonrenewable energy sources -- Renewable energy sources -- Humans--dominating geologic change -- History of life--complexity and diversity -- The solar system--Earth's neighborhood -- The lonely planet--Fermi's paradox. Geology. Historical geology. Geophysics. Geomorphology. Educación 1877 Enseñanza 6089 Geología 6094 Geología histórica 6109 Persecuciones religiosas Historia 6110 Geomorfología 6112 6101 Teaching Company The Great Courses 6091 7 cbc orignew 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2019-06-28 v.1 0 LB 14.6 W994h 2008 00000136708 2019-06-28 00:00:00 1 2019-06-28 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2019-06-28 v.2 0 LB 14.6 W994h 2008 00000136709 2019-06-28 00:00:00 1 2019-06-28 BK